LSE Market News

LSE listed insurer Prudential has responded to a fine and censure by the UK’s Financial Services Authority saying the “investigation was into past events and does not concern the current conduct of the management of the Prudential Group”. Arguing that the “FSA accepts that Prudential did consider their obligations in forming their assessment in respect […]

Steve Moore joined t1ps.com straight from University and rose through the ranks to become its senior writer almost three years ago. He sensationally quit on a matter of principle last October but is widely regarded as one of the UK’s sharpest younger share commentators. Steve has prepared a special report for onefreesharetip.com on seeking value […]

It was the articles penned by analyst Aubrey Brocklebank that started the sharp decline in the share price of Cupid (LSE:CUP). I have no more to say on that matter, my views are well known. But I just thought that I’d flag up that he is also looking closely at funeral business Dignity (LSE:DTY) and […]

Shares in specialist environmental support services company Silverdell (LSE:SID) have fallen back since reaching above 20p in late February to a current 16.875p. These were shares I first recommended at 12.75p last year so I am ahead but is the share price slide telling us something? Click here for my analysis of the investment proposition […]

The UK’s only serious one day investor conference is now less than three weeks away. Details can be found at www.UKinvestorshow.com but the final touches are now being put in place for what seems set to be an explosive day. If you have registered for a ticket it will by now have landed with you. A bit […]

Shares in AIM-listed AdEPT Telecom (LSE:ADT), a leading independent provider of voice and data telecommunications services in the UK were recommended at 54p on my Nifty Fifty website before Christmas becoming the first constituent of what we term the penny share ( sub £20 million market cap) portfolio. Following news earlier this week on the […]

The UK’s Financial Services Authority has fined insurer Prudential  £30 million for breaching FSA Principles and UKLA Listing Principles. Relating to Prudential’s failure to inform the FSA at the appropriate time that it was seeking to acquire AIA, the Asian subsidiary of AIG, in early 2010 the FSA also has also censured Tidjane Thiam, Prudential’s […]

No big high street name seems to have gone bust for a couple of weeks but the quarterly rent cheques are due soon so we should have a few more casualties shortly. But is retail 100% dead? No. It is just changing. The team at onefreesharetip.com has prepared a special report on retail stocks to […]

Some folks think that I am the lackey of bear raider Evil Knievil, writing to order to suit his needs. Au contraire. He does not work for me and vice versa and given how insufferable the old boy can be when he gets it right, I – like many – take a perverse pleasure when […]

On 12 June 2012 ADVFN reported that Thalassa share price had jumped 61% to 47.50 following its announcement of a joint venture with P-Cable to market Thalassa’s patented high-resolution, sub-oceanic, seismic data acquisition technology and the commencement of a contract with State Sevmorgeo Company in Russia.  Executive Chairman Duncan Soukup was looking forward to increased […]